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  • The tomb of the unknown sol...
    Wittman, Laura

    The tomb of the unknown soldier, modern mourning, and the reinvention of the mystical body, c2011, 20111231, 2019, 2011, 2011-12-31, 20110101
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    At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.